About a mother (2015)


  • Director Dina Velikovskaya
  • Script Dina Velikovskaya
  • Art-director Dina Velikovskaya
  • Producer Liubov Gaydukova
  • Technique drawn
  • Duration 7 min 20 sec
  • Aspect ratio 16:9
  • Language no dialogue
  • Color black & white
  • Audience any
  • Date of completion 2015

Categories,

A touching story about a mother who has already given to her children so much, that it seems that she just cannot possibly have anything left for herself. Yet life suddenly offers her new opportunities…

Film was shot with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation.

Festivals

  • Open Russian Animation Film Festival in Suzdal (Russia, 2015)
  • International Film Festival “ZolotoyVitуaz”(Russia, 2015)
  • Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival (Portugal, 2015)
  • International Animation Film Festival “Insomnia” (Russia, 2015)
  • Giffoni Film Festival (Italy, 2015)
  • Cartoon Club International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics (Italy, 2015)
  • Xiamen International Animation Festival (Сhina, 2015)
  • Festival of Russian Films «Window into Europe» (Russia, 2015)
  • Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival (Ukraine, 2015)
  • International Film Festival for Children and Youth Nueva Mirada(Argentina, 2015)
  • World Festival of Animated film inVarna (Bulgary, 2015)
  • Lucas International Children’s Film Festival (Germany, 2015)
  • AnimaevkaInternational Animation Film Festival (Belarus, 2015)
  • TofuziInternational Festival of Animated Films (Georgia, 2015)
  • Worldwide Short Film Festival SHNIT (Russia,Switzerland2015)
  • CINEKID Film Festival (The Netherlands, 2015)
  • International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film DOK Leipzig (Germany, 2015)
  • ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival (Armenia, 2015)
  • Mumbai Film Festival (India, 2015)
  • Early Bird International Student Film Festival (Bulgaria, 2015)
  • Children’s Film Festival El Meu Primer (Spain, 2015)
  • Animated Dreams International Animation Film Festival (Estonia, 2015)
  • Big Cartoon Festival (Russia, 2015)
  • TindirindisInternational Festival of Animated Films (Lithuania, 2015)
  • International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools “Kinoproba”(Russia, 2015)
  • International Festival of Films for Children and Youth «Zero Plus» (Russia, 2015)
  • Animateka International Animated Film Festival (Slovenia, 2015)
  • New Wave International Student Film Festival (Bulgaria, 2016)
  • Black Movie Film Festival (Switzerland, 2016)
  • Tromso International Film Festival (Norway, 2016)
  • PEQUEFILMES International Children’s Film Festival(Spain, 2016)
  • Forum of Animated Films (Egypt, 2016)
  • Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France, 2016)
  • PLAY Lisbon’s International Kids Film Festival (Portugal, 2016)
  • AVTAR International Film Festival (India, 2016)
  • Brussels Animation Film Festival Anima (Belgium, 2016)
  • International Film Festival of Palencia(Spain, 2016)
  • Watersprite International Student Film Festival (UK, 2016)
  • Tampere Film Festival (Finland, 2016)
  • La Fila Festival of Short Films (Spain, 2016)
  • Creatrivas Film Festival (Spain, 2016)
  • Speechless Film Festival (USA, 2016)
  • HaidaGwaiiFilm Festival (Canada,2016)
  • Luxor African Film Festival LAFF (Egypt, 2016)
  • Animated Film Festival Monstra(Portugal,2016)
  • AC Hotel Cuzco By MarriottInternationalShortFilm Festival (Spain, 2016)
  • CÚCARAMÁCARA InternationalShortFilm Festival (Mexico, 2016)
  • SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival (USA, 2016)
  • OpenFestival of Students and Debut Films «St. Anna» (Russia, 2016)
  • Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine, 2016)
  • CartoonsontheBay International Children’s Television Festival (Italy, 2016)
  • Russian National Award ICARUS (Russia, 2016)
  • International Children’s Film Festival TICFF (Taiwan, 2016)
  • Sarasota Film Festival – youth FEST (USA, 2016)
  • ClujShorts International Short Film Festival (Romania, 2016)
  • IndieLisboa International Film Festival (Portugal, 2016)
  • Stuttgart’s International Festival of Animated Film (Germany,2016)
  • Cellul’ArtInternationalShortFilm Festival (Germany,2016)
  • Hill Country Film Festival (USA, 2016)
  • AFRYKAMERA AfricanInternational Film Festival (Poland, 2016)
  • Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci International Short Film Festival (Italy, 2016)
  • Mecal International Short&AnimationFilm Festival (Spain, 2016)
  • Dresden International Short FilmFestival (Germany, 2016)
  • ANIMOCJE International Animated Film Festival (Poland, 2016)
  • Riverside International Film Festival (USA, 2016)
  • RADIOCITYInternational Short FilmFestival(Spain, 2016)
  • SouthernArizona International Film Festival (USA, 2016)
  • MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering (Hungary, 2016)
  • NewYorkAfrican Film Festival(USA, 2016)
  • NORTHWESTAnimation Festival (USA, 2016)
  • GoldenKukerInternational Animation Film Festival (Bulgaria, 2016)
  • KurzfilmtageThalmässingInternational Film Festival (Germany, 2016)
  • Athens Digital Arts Festival (Greece, 2016)
  • A LONG WEEK OF SHORT FILMS (China, 2016)
  • FILMKUNSTFESTMVFestival of Cinema Art(Germany, 2016)
  • London International Animation Festival LIAF (Great Britain, 2016)
  • International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival (Turkey, 2016)
  • AnifilmAnimation Film Festival (Czech Republic, 2016)
  • GollutFestival of Ribes de Freser (Spain, 2016)
  • Zlin Film Festival (Czech Republic, 2016)
  • CINEMÍSTICA International Film Festival (Spain, 2016)
  • Melbourne International Animation FestivalMIAF(Australia, 2016)
  • AnimafestAnimation Film Festival in Zagreb (Croatia, 2016)
  • Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (Japan, 2016)
  • TenemosQueVerInternational Film Festival about Human Rights (Uruguay, 2016)
  • Dr. Mabuse Short Film Festival (Spain, 2016)
  • FascurtMasnou Short Film Festival (Spain, 2016)
  • Animator International Animated Film Festival (Poland, 2016)
  • T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival (Poland, 2016)
  • СontraCorrienteInternational Film Festival (Columbia,2016)
  • Westercon(USA, 2016)
  • International Film Festival NZIFF (New Zeland, 2016)
  • Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival SICAF (South Korea, 2016)
  • FestivalSilhouette (Франция, 2016)
  • All Russian Film Festival “BudemZhit’!” (Russia, 2016)
  • MidAmeriCon II World Science Fiction Convention (USA,2016)
  • Hiroshima International Animation Festival (Japan, 2016)
  • Carrousel Film Festival of Rimouski (Canada, 2016)
  • International Film Festival of BRICS (India, 2016)
  • Film & Theatre Festival«Amur’s Autumn» (Russia, 2016)
  • Take One Action Film Festivals (Scotland,2016)
  • Catone Film Festival (Italy, 2016)
  • ARGENTINA FICiPInternational Political Film Festival(Argentina,2016)
  • KloosterkinoInternational Film Festival (Holland, 2016)
  • Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (Japan, 2016)
  • Court Métrange Festival Rennes (France, 2016)
  • International Film Festival of La Roche-sur-Yon (Франция, 2016)
  • BIT BANG International Festival of Animation, Video Games & Digital Art (Argentina, 2016)
  • International Film Festival (Paraguay, 2016)
  • TRIFI Film Festival (USA, 2016)
  • Hamptons International Film Festival (USA, 2016)
  • Catholic Film Festival CaFF (South Korea, 2016)
  • PRIMANIMA World Festival of Debut Animations (Hungary, 2016)
  • Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation (Germany, 2016)
  • Tri-Cities International Film Festival (USA, 2016)
  • New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival (Japan, 2016)
  • Andorra Children’sFilm Festival(Spain, Andorra, 2016)
  • International Short Film Festival Zubroffka(Poland, 2016)
  • Jeune Public International Film Festival (France, 2016)
  • International Children’s Film Festival (Bangladesh, 2017)
  • Travelling Film Festival in Rennes (France, 2017)
  • IndieJunior Allianz International Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Portugal, 2017)
  • TehranAnimation Film Festival (Iran, 2017)

Awards:

  • Diploma “For the original stylistics and figurative solution of the theme”,Open Russian Animation Film Festival in Suzdal (Russia, 2015)
  • Diploma “For the poetic embodiment of the theme of maternal love”,International Film
  • Festival “ZolotoyVitуaz” (Russia, 2015)
  • Prize for the Best Short Film in nomination«GENERATOR+18» (animation),Giffoni Film Festival (Italy, 2015)
  • 1-st prize at Debut section International Animation Film Festival “Insomnia” (Russia, 2015)
  • Prize for the Best Animation Film,Lucas International Children’s Film Festival (Germany, 2015)
  • Prize for the Best Debut Film,Tofuzi International Festival of Animated Films (Georgia, 2015)
  • SilverGatewayAward for the Best Children’s Film,Mumbai Film Festival (India, 2015)
  • Prize for the Best Animation Film,Early Bird International Student Film Festival (Bulgaria, 2015)
  • Prize for the Best Student Film,Animated Dreams International Animation Film Festival (Estonia, 2015)
  • Prize for the Best Short Animation Film in program «7+age», Children’s Film Festival El Meu Primer (Spain, 2015)
  • The 2nd Prize by audience voting in the category “Young Russian animation”,Big Cartoon Festival (Russia, 2015)
  • Prize for the Best Student Film,TindirindisInternational Festival of Animated Films (Lithuania, 2015)
  • Special Diploma of Jury and Prize of audience,International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools “Kinoproba” (Russia, 2015)
  • Prize for the Best Animation Film,International Festival of Films for Children and Youth “Zero Plus” (Russia, 2015)
  • PrizeChildren’s Jury for the Best Film in program Elephant,Animateka International Animated Film Festival (Slovenia, 2015)
  • Prize for the Best Film,Forum of Animated Films (Egypt, 2016)
  • Diploma “For the merits”,Tampere Film Festival (Finland, 2016)
  • Prize for the Best Short Animation Film,La Fila Festival of Short Films (Spain, 2016)
  • Special Mention by International Jury,CartoonsontheBay International Children’s Television Festival (Italy, 2016)
  • ICARUS Award for the best screenplay, Russian National Award ICARUS (Russia, 2016)
  • Prize for the Best Animation Film,OpenFestival of Students and Debut Films «St. Anna» (Russia, 2016)
  • Prize for the Best Student Film,Stuttgart’s International Festival of Animated Film (Germany,2016)
  • Grand-Prix BydgoszczAward,Prize for the Best Student Film,ANIMOCJE International Animated Film Festival (Poland, 2016)
  • Grand-Prixfor the Best Short Animation Film, RADIOCITYInternational Short Film Festival(Spain, 2016)
  • Prize for the Best StudentDrama Film,Prize for the Best Story, SouthernArizonaInternational Film Festival (USA, 2016)
  • PrizefortheBestAnimationFilm,MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering (Hungary, 2016)
  • HermínaTýrlová Awardfor young artists under 35,ZlinFilmFestival (CzechRepublic, 2016)
  • Special mention by the Jury at student competition section,AnimafestAnimationFilmFestivalin Zagreb(Croatia, 2016)
  • Prize for the Best Student Film(“A touching film about unconditional love, told with charming humor”),AnimatorInternationalAnimatedFilmFestival(Poland, 2016)
  • GranPrix for the Best Student Film,Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival SICAF (South Korea, 2016)
  • Special mention by the Jury,Jeune Public International Film Festival (France, 2016)

Dina Velikovskaya
Liubov Gaydukova
drawn
16:9
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